Cortana Disabler.bat

:checkPrivileges
NET FILE 1>NUL 2>NUL
if '%errorlevel%' == '0' ( goto gotPrivileges ) else ( goto getPrivileges )

:getPrivileges
if '%1'=='ELEV' (echo ELEV & shift /1 & goto gotPrivileges)

setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
set "batchPath=%~0"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
ECHO Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
ECHO args = "ELEV " >> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
ECHO For Each strArg in WScript.Arguments >> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
ECHO args = args ^& strArg ^& " "  >> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
ECHO Next >> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
ECHO UAC.ShellExecute "!batchPath!", args, "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
"%SystemRoot%\System32\WScript.exe" "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" %*
exit /B

:gotPrivileges
if '%1'=='ELEV' shift /1
setlocal & pushd .
cd /d %~dp0

:Start

taskkill /f /IM "SearchUI.exe"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe -ot file -actn setprot -op "dacl:p_nc;sacl:p_nc"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe -ot file -actn setowner -ownr "n:%USERNAME%"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe -ot file -actn ace -ace "n:%USERNAME%;p:full"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe -ot file -actn ace -ace "n:System;p:read"
ren "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe" "SearchUI.bak"
exit